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From the NWSL to the Office: How Data Empowers Women at Every Level
Why Performance Data Matters More Than Ever for Women’s Advancement March is Women’s History Month, a time to recognize the progress women have made across sports, business, and leadership. In women’s professional sports, especially the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), data has become a powerful tool for making informed decision-making possible and for creating a…
Read MoreMarch Madness by the Numbers: How Data Shapes Tournament Success
Data and Decision-Making on the Biggest Stage March Madness isn’t just about buzzer‑beaters and upsets. It’s a showcase of how data and analytics influence strategic business decisions. Coaches, scouts, and analysts rely on performance metrics, lineup efficiencies, and predictive models to guide everything from rotation patterns to defensive strategy. Today’s college basketball analytics ecosystem uses…
Read MoreTop 10 Rules for PowerPoint
OK, PowerPoint is cool. You can add strange sounds, video, odd text shapes, weird slide transitions, squiggly paths for text entrance, and many, many other unusual effects to your presentations. If you don’t believe me, just look at the presentations your 3rd grade child is creating in school. But we are adults, presenting to adult…
Read MoreFive Powerful but Easy Microsoft Excel Tips for the Novice
Here are a few of my favorite, and often used, Excel features. These selected functions can greatly simplify daily Excel tasks. They are non-technical and easy to remember. 1. Naming ranges Have you ever gotten lost trying to enter a complex formula, or understood whether it has even been written correctly? Which formula below would…
Read More4 Must-Have Apps for New International Travelers
You have finally scrimped and saved enough money to afford an adventurous international vacation. Maybe your destination is a big exotic city like Bangkok or Sydney, or a tightly-scheduled itinerary where you’ll visit a dozen countries in a dozen days. Perhaps you’re headed to the jungle or desert in the middle of nowhere, which will…
Read MoreUsing Pentaho Kettle
Pentaho Data Integration, AKA “Kettle”, is an Open Source ETL Solution ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) is a data warehousing process that involves: Extracting data from external source(s) Transforming data as necessary to fit application needs Loading data to target database Kettle consists of a core data integration engine and GUI applications that allow the…
Read MoreBenefits of the LBi Software Framework
LBi Software utilizes a Web Application Framework and a Business Objects Framework The use of a framework both simplifies and accelerates the software development process. A framework is a reusable module for developing software. It packages together key pieces of functionality which can be easily incorporated into multiple applications. This facilitates the implementation of core…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Location Based Services
Location Based Services can be a huge benefit to employers Going on a business trip or traveling to a foreign city used to mean that you would arrive at the remote destination and be at the mercy of a taxi driver, or a hotel concierge, on finding a place to dine. You couldn’t be sure…
Read MoreCost Effective Web Application Load Testing
How LBi Software successfully load tested its applications using open source tools What is Load Testing? Load testing is the process of putting demand on an application and measuring its response. It usually refers to modeling the expected usage of a software application by simulating multiple users logging on concurrently. As such, this testing is…
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